The Minnewaska Area-Morris Area Gators swimming and diving team opened up the season with a fifth-place finish at the Willmar Invitational, Friday.  Melrose won the meet, while St. Cloud Tech was second. The Gators are coached  again this season by Sam Oellien, who is assisted by Kathy Walker (diving coach), Shannon Dougherty, Summer Rydell and Ruth Hovel…. Read More

Alan Hoeper, Minnewaska Area High School Class of 2001 Alan Hoeper made his mark as one of the most talented Minnewaska basketball players when he took the floor for the Lakers from 1997-2001.  Although Alan played one sport, without a doubt, basketball was his sport. During Alan’s tenure as a starter, the Lakers won 68 games, which… Read More

Letters from the PCT mailbag  By John Fragodt, Sports Reporter The Pope County Tribune receives hundreds of letters each week (not really) from our readers asking a variety of well-thought-out questions regarding sports’ topics.  We haven’t had the time to respond to the questions until now.  And so, here are some questions from interested people concerning some… Read More

The Minnewaska Area girls tennis team officially got the 2023-24 sports year underway, competing at two meets last week at Park Rapids.  The Lakers opened up play, Friday, going 1-2 with a 5-2 victory over Roseau along with 5-2 losses to Crookston and Mound-Westonka. One day later, the Lakers competed in the Park Rapids Individual Tourney… Read More

Wheaton-HN and Minnewaska players watch the ball go over the net.  The Lakers were set to participate in the Concordia scrimmage this week before hosting Benson, Tuesday, Aug. 29. Check out more photos in our photo gallery!

The Minnewaska Area boys soccer team has a new coach and that’s a big deal when you consider that the only previous coach for the program was Ted Hill, who retired last season after serving as coach for 27 years. Hill, who was selected the Section 8A Coach of the Year seven times and the State… Read More

The Minnewaska Area cross-country teams, coached by Jennifer Johnsrud, are set to open up the season Monday, Aug. 28 at the Morris Invitational, followed by the Wadena-DC Invitational, Tuesday, Sept. 5 where the Lakers will find out how they match up against a strong WDC team that edged the Minnewaska Area girls for second place… Read More

The Minnewaska-Morris Gators swimming and diving team is set to get its season underway Friday, Aug. 25 at the Willmar Invitational. And, after having no meets at Minnewaska Area High School last season due to work on the pool, the Gators will have three meets at home this year, beginning with a meet against Montevideo, Thursday,… Read More

Mark Hopkins — Villard High School Class of 1971 Going back over a half century, the late sixties and early seventies are considered by many as the golden age of athletics at Villard High School. For young athletes involved in Villard sports in the mid-1960s, a shooting star arrived on the scene in teacher/coach Jim Galvin. Galvin… Read More

With hard work and diligence, and a big idea from five young shooters on the Minnewaska High School trap team– Mason Reichmann, Dylan VanZee, John Jenson, Levi Schultz and Cole Kittelson, the “field of dreams” is now a reality.  It was only fitting that the five who did all the work shot the first targets… Read More